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General Motors Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Plant

The General Motors Gravataí facility, officially known as Complexo Industrial Automotivo de Gravataí (CIAG, for short, or Automotive Industrial Complex of Gravatai, in English) is located in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It currently produces various Chevrolet vehicles for South American markets, including Brazil.

Products

The GM Gravataí factory produces the following vehicles for the Brazilian and South American markets:

Current:

Chevrolet Onix

Chevrolet Prisma (Onix Sedan variant)

Past:

Chevrolet Celta (discontinued)

Investments

Late 1990s: GM begins to plan Gravataí plant as part of a $3.6 billion project, with the plant designed to introduce a new range of small cars built with new production methods.

2009: GM announces $3 billion investment in Brazil. The plan was revised in 2012 to develop and launch new Chevrolet products as well as update and add capacity to its plants. As part of the plan, GM invested $1 billion in the Chevrolet Onix project to develop the new small car family and to expand capacity from 230,000 to 380,000 vehicles per year at the Gravataí plant.

August 2018: GM announces a R$ 1.4 billion ($437 million USD) investment to expand the production volume of Gravataí to produce a new model, representing the third expansion of the complex.

Milestones, Accomplishments & Awards

March 17, 1997: municipality of Gravataí announced as future site of GM manufacturing facility

July 20, 2000: official inauguration of the Gravataí Automotive Industrial Complex

September 2, 2000: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Celta

May 20, 2005: 500,000th Chevrolet Celta produced at Gravataí

October 1, 2006: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Prisma

May 20, 2008: 1,000,000th car produced at Gravataí

June 9, 2010: Gravataí commences tooling for Chevrolet Onix

August 27, 2010: 1,500,000th car produced at Gravataí

October 30, 2010: Gravataí commences production of Chevrolet Onix

December 13, 2012: 2,000,000th car produced at Gravataí

February 26, 2013: Gravataí commences production of new Chevrolet Prisma

July 16, 2013: Gravataí commences production of Onix and Prisma with automatic transmissions